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Hübner, Peter, Born 1939

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: Born 1939

Biography

Peter Hübner was born in Kappeln, northern Germany, in 1939, the son of a shoemaker. Hübner was chosen to carry on the family business and sent to nearby Kiel aged 15 to become an apprentice shoemaker. He began to take evening classes alongside his apprenticeship, and by 21 he had decided to retrain as an architect.

He studied architecture at the Stuttgart Technische Hochschule from 1963 to 1968, and after graduating spent a decade successfully developing prefabricated building systems. This included a high-profile contract for kiosks, staff huts, lavatories and information pavilions at the Munich Olympic Games, 1972.

He became a Professor at the Stuttgart Technische Hochschule in 1979, and has since worked on a number of collaborative building projects with students and other communities. He has also established his own architectural practice, Plus+.

Source: Peter Hübner: Bauen als ein Sozialer Proze: Building as a Social Process by Peter Blundell Jones, 2007.

Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:

Hübner architectural drawings, 1996

 File — Box Blundell Jones Oversize Box 6
Reference code: 490/2/3/1/6
Scope and Contents

Plans and elevations for a Waldorf school in Koln, Germany, designed by Peter Hübner (oversize).

Dates: 1996

Interview with Peter Hübner, November 1986

 Item — Box Blundell Jones Box 141
Reference code: 490/6/1/1/3
Scope and Contents

Interview with Peter Hübner about his architectural work, including his involvement in designing Morgenstern School, mainly in English with some German sections. Originally recorded over two tapes. Second tape dated 25 November 1986.

Dates: November 1986

Interview with Peter Hübner, 8 September 1989

 Item — Box Blundell Jones Box 141
Reference code: 490/6/1/1/12
Scope and Contents

Interview with Peter Hübner about his architectural work, particularly his work designing the primary school in [Stuttgart-Stammheim]. PBJ titled the tape '[Stammheim] school'. Small section in German.

Dates: 8 September 1989

Interview with Peter Hübner, 1 August 1991

 Item — Box Blundell Jones Box 141
Reference code: 490/6/1/1/19
Scope and Contents

Interview with Peter Hübner, the first half in English and second half in German. Discussing Hübner's project, working with a youth group and their parents/social workers to design a new youth centre in Stuttgart-Stammheim, Germany. The project was completed in 1991. Tape titled by PBJ 'Stammheim'.

Dates: 1 August 1991

Interview with Peter Hübner, 8 August 1993

 Item — Box Blundell Jones Box 141
Reference code: 490/6/1/1/27
Scope and Contents

Interview with Peter Hübner in German. Tape titled 'Odenwaldscule / Haus Auf Der [Mauer]'.

Dates: 8 August 1993

Interview with Peter Hübner, 28 September 1994

 Item — Box Blundell Jones Box 141
Reference code: 490/6/1/1/36
Scope and Contents

Interview with Peter Hübner about his kindergarten project in Stuttgart. Tape titled 'Kindergarten'.

Dates: 28 September 1994

Interview with Peter Hübner, 15 July 1997

 Item — Box Blundell Jones Box 142
Reference code: 490/6/1/1/56
Scope and Contents

Interview with Peter Hübner, discussing building projects and ideas about architecture and homes in general. Tape titled 'Rom'.

Dates: 15 July 1997

Interview with Peter Hübner, 16 July 1997

 Item — Box Blundell Jones Box 142
Reference code: 490/6/1/1/57
Scope and Contents

Interview with Peter Hübner disucssing architecture projects. Tape titled 'Bud Kissingen' and 'Bud Kissingen Background'.

Dates: 16 July 1997

Interview with Peter Hubner, 20 April 2000

 Item — Box Blundell Jones Box 142
Reference code: 490/6/1/1/70
Scope and Contents

Interview with architect Peter Hubner. They discuss his life and career, originally training as a shoemaker like his father, before deciding to be an architect. They discuss various architectural projects, including the school he built in Gelsenkirchen. Tape titled 'Gelsenkirchen etc.'.

Dates: 20 April 2000

Peter Hübner, 1980s - 2004

 Sub-Series
Reference code: 490/2/3/1
Scope and Contents

Research material relating to the German architect Peter Hübner, and his architectural practice Plus+. Appears to relate the articles written by PBJ in the 1980s, 1990s, and early 2000s, rather than his later monograph of the architect.

Dates: 1980s - 2004